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RECORDS OF COLLEGE WATER SPORTS OFFICIALLY LISTED

University of Chicago Leads with Four Titles, According to Compilation of Tiger Coach.

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For the first time in the history of intercollegiate aquatic sports, the National Collegiate A. A., whose swimming committee has done much to standardize college water sports throughout the country, will this year adopt a list of national collegiate aquatic records. The task of investigating the best performances was entrusted some time ago to Frank Sullivan, coach of the Princeton swimming team, and he has submitted the following marks, well vouched for, which will undoubtedly receive recognition by the authorities:

Free Style Swimming.

40 Yards--20-yard pool, 0:19, W. C. Earle, Chicago University, at Annapolis, Feb. 21, 1916.

50 Yards.--25-yard pool, 0:25 1-5, S. E. Hoadley, Yale, at New Haven, Dec. 11, 1914.

100 Yards.--25-yard pool, 0:56 2-5, Herbert Vollmer, Columbia, in New York, Feb. 18, 1916.

220 Yards.--100-foot pool, 2:31, Eben Cross, Princeton, at Princeton, Feb. 20, 1914.

440 Yards.--20-yard pool, 5:47 4-5, R. Simonson, Northwestern, at Evanston, Ill., March 17, 1916.

Relay Racing.

100 Yards.--20-yard pool, 1:20, Chicago University, (Earle, Meine, O'Connor, Pavlicek,) at Annapolis, Feb. 21, 1916.

200 Yards.--25-yard pool, 1:44 2-5, Princeton, (Selby, Lester, Delacy, Burchenal,) at Princeton, March 1, 1916.

800 Feet.--100-foot pool, 2:30, Yale, (Mayer, Summers, Marr, Roberts,) at Princeton, Feb. 27, 1914.

400 Yards.--20-yard pool, 4:01 2-5, Yale, (Mayer, Rosener, Schlaet, Ferguson,) in Chicago, April 23, 1916.

Plunge.

For Distance.--One-minute time limit, 78 feet, Carl G. Lehman, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Feb. 7, 1916.

For Speed.--60-foot pool, 0:18 4-5, J. C. Redmond; Chicago University, in Chicago, Feb. 26, 1916.

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